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Japanese Top Sales Dec 27, 2004-Jan 2, 2005

Media Create has released its weekly chart tracking hardware and software sales in Japan for the week spanning December 27 and January 2. In a little bit of a peculiarity, the company is listing the cumulative totals as the "2004 total" numbers. Theoretically, they'll reset the cumulative totals in the next chart (or we'll be extremely confused).

That's right folks, if you're keeping track, the PlayStation 2 sold the most systems in Japan during 2004 (2,898,774), with the GBA SP and Nintendo DS following a close second (2,647,762) and third (1,495,596). Nintendo sure isn't strapped for cash in Japan, are they? Sony has stated that they shipped 510,000 total PSP units by the end of 2004, and Media Create's number of 482,252 suggests that the system has enjoyed a high sell-through rate.

What does this list tell us? First, that Dragon Quest VIII was easily the #1 best-selling game in Japan during 2004, with a whopping 3+ million copies sold. Not bad for a game that costs more than $70. The English version is slated to ship in North America sometime in 2005. Secondly, the list shows us that the Nintendo DS is doing very well despite the recent introduction of the Sony PSP. Finally, that Gran Turismo 4 is probably going to hit 1 million units sold by the end of January (you can count PSX Extreme as +1 in import sales).